Alexander P. Scott

Alexander Patrick Scott (born 1 October 1940) was a private of the US Army who was held captive in Laos by Pathet Lao and Spetsnaz for one month in early 1968 during the Vietnam War. Alongside Maxwell A. Davis, he escaped from prison on 19 February 1968.

Biography
Alexander Patrick Scott was born on 1 October 1940 in Kansas City, Kansas. He joined MACV-SOG in 1964 to avoid being drafted into an inferior fighting unit, and he was sent to Vietnam to assist in training the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) during the time of the Vietnam War. In 1968, he was sent to Laos during Operation India and was among the soldiers sent to find out about a downed commercial flight from the Soviet Union. He was captured in action by the Spetsnaz and sent to a prison on the Laos-Vietnam border, commanded by Colonel Lev Kravchenko. He escaped on 19 February 1968 alongside Maxwell A. Davis when Alex Mason and Frank Woods opened the doors to his cell, and he fought against Spetsnaz troops with an AK-47. Scott, Mason, and Davis escaped the prison alive, and Scott returned home.